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Garden Days are Coming…

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

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It’s been awhile since I last posted and I do apologize. Life has become absolutely nutso around the farm and with the summer looming, I fear it will only get worse. I’ve really felt the effect of my crazy schedule this past week and…

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🌼Calendula🌼 I have a special place in my heart for the powerhouse flower that is Calendula. When I was 13 years old, the skin on my hands, feet, elbows and knees would peel off in large flakes non stop. I went to a multitude of doctors and under went many different types of tests to figure out what was wrong. I was put on steroids and told there want much else to do. Well the steroids didn’t help and I remember feeling so embarrassed and helpless. My mom finally took me to a Naturopath who simply gave me some Calendula cream and my skin healed in just a few weeks. Fast forward to today when I grow mass amounts of this magic flower on our farm and use it as the base for many of my herbal salves and bath products. When harvesting for medicine, be sure to leave the green sepals on and use the entire flower head as you want to use as much resin as you can. I believe in plant magic, do you? ✨
Checking ponies on a rainy day 💦
When the men are away, this Farm-her must hay! We’ve had very little window to hay this summer so when we had a 4 day stretch of non rain, it was time to attempt our new (to us) machinery. Of course, this good weather also landed on the week my husband and FIL were gone working 😬 welp, it’s never been in my character to shy away from a challenge. I called up my best badass farm gals and we figured out how to run that damn baler all by our little ol’ selves. I spent the next 6 hours baling what I could until my babysitter quit. I didn’t get it all up before the rain, but by god, I did most of it, and I’m pretty damn proud of myself.
Check us out this weekend at the @north_peace_fall_fair Saturday and Sunday 10-5... we’ve got lots of canning and some beautiful fresh produce from @therusticmarketgarden so check out the happenings and go home with some local goods 💚
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🌼Calendula🌼 I have a special place in my heart for the powerhouse flower that is Calendula. When I was 13 years old, the skin on my hands, feet, elbows and knees would peel off in large flakes non stop. I went to a multitude of doctors and under went many different types of tests to figure out what was wrong. I was put on steroids and told there want much else to do. Well the steroids didn’t help and I remember feeling so embarrassed and helpless. My mom finally took me to a Naturopath who simply gave me some Calendula cream and my skin healed in just a few weeks. Fast forward to today when I grow mass amounts of this magic flower on our farm and use it as the base for many of my herbal salves and bath products. When harvesting for medicine, be sure to leave the green sepals on and use the entire flower head as you want to use as much resin as you can. I believe in plant magic, do you? ✨
Checking ponies on a rainy day 💦
When the men are away, this Farm-her must hay! We’ve had very little window to hay this summer so when we had a 4 day stretch of non rain, it was time to attempt our new (to us) machinery. Of course, this good weather also landed on the week my husband and FIL were gone working 😬 welp, it’s never been in my character to shy away from a challenge. I called up my best badass farm gals and we figured out how to run that damn baler all by our little ol’ selves. I spent the next 6 hours baling what I could until my babysitter quit. I didn’t get it all up before the rain, but by god, I did most of it, and I’m pretty damn proud of myself.
Check us out this weekend at the @north_peace_fall_fair Saturday and Sunday 10-5... we’ve got lots of canning and some beautiful fresh produce from @therusticmarketgarden so check out the happenings and go home with some local goods 💚